Author: Andy Thorley

DRAGONFORCE, Neonfly @Institute Temple, Birmingham 27/9/14

Power metal heroes bring their Maximum Overload tour to heavy rock's birthplace Neonfly must love playing live. Certainly over the three years since they...

REVIEW: The Levellers – Greatest Hits

British institution get set for career retrospective Musicians Mark Chadwick and Jeremy Cunningham met in The Eagle, a pub in Brighton, in 1988. Discovering that...

ATTICA RAGE, Fury, Captain Horizon @Scruffy Murphys 26/9/14

Scottish biker metallers Attica Rage stop off in Birmingham on their UK tour and bring a couple of others along for the ride The...

ANATHEMA @Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton 25/9/14

The world's best doom metal turn prog band bring their Distant Satellites tour to Wolverhampton Last time MV saw Anathema it was as a...

Maximum Volume Meets: Machines Dream

Last month we sat down with Machines Dream singer, Craig West. In the first of a two-part interview we talk influences, new albums...

REVIEW: Mr Big: The Stories We Could Tell

Mr Big return with second album since reformation and have plenty of stories to share Mr. Big were never your normal cock rockers. They might...

Electric Boys, Bad Touch, The Remedy, Theia @Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton 19/9/14

Sweden's Kings of funky metal give a charged up performance, with a brilliant supporting cast . When singer Kyle says: "We are Theia, we play...

SIGNALS MIDWEST, Guerrilla Monsoon, Isaac @Scruffy Murphy’s 17/9/14

An evening of DIY punk with a twist as Signals Midwest play their first UK tour There is a decent DIY spirit of camaraderie in...

Review: Hammerjack: Five Track Demo

Guildford rockers burst onto the scene with hedonistic demo and invoke the spirit of the late 1980s As a kid your humble correspondent had a serious...

EDGUY, The Wild Lies, Skarlett Riot @Nuneaton Queens Hall, 13/9/14

Edguy keep tongues firmly in cheek for small club show If rock is dead as Robert Plant claimed this week, then no one told...

GENERAL, Bong Cauldron, Nomad, Hung On Horns @Scruffy Murphys, Birmingham 12/9/14

Coventry's finest debut some new stuff along with a brilliant supporting cast   What is it about three piece bands? How do they do it? Opening...

BENJAMIN BOOKER @Bodega Social Club, Nottingham 11/9/14

Can the hotly tipped US hotshot live up to the hype?   Rock stars are supposed to exude star quality and be unapproachable. If that's true...

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